---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the construction of a National Guard vehicle maintenance shop in Watertown, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency."
description: "authorize the construction of a National Guard vehicle maintenance shop in Watertown, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 12"
citation: "South Dakota SB 12 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Procurement of Public Improvements"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60b78521-de62-41c1-9575-a60204e38ba6"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23916"
source_hash: "1922e437847baf4e5f335235843a169662169049aebab73da4e7f5f2dd3afa50"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
---

# South Dakota SB 12 (2023) — authorize the construction of a National Guard vehicle maintenance shop in Watertown, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23916/242046)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23916/248727)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-10** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 11 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2023-01-26** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 18, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 152
- **2023-02-01** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 2 S.J. 169 `passage`
- **2023-02-02** First read in House and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 212 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 226
- **2023-02-06** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 237 `passage`
- **2023-02-13** Signed by the President S.J. 254 `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 298 `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Delivered to the Governor on 2023-02-15 S.J. 273 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by the Governor on 2023-02-24 S.J. 336 `executive-signature, executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60b78521-de62-41c1-9575-a60204e38ba6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).